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Eagles drafted jalen reagor over Justin Jefferson
As a packers fan I want George Pickens over drake London and I hate Georgia
@@ericpackers1700 smart man
@@718World I’m hoping your trolling with that comment, regardless of that I love the profile name, definitely chuckled
@@neverbeenequal Pickens will be wayy better than drake London and him and Williams the wr from Bama will be tough debate
@@HumpD624 definitely not trolling sir. Yes, reagor hasn't done his part but, the numbers JJ is putting up in Minnesota right wouldn't be the same in Philly. Not nearly
Interesting story about that Jermane Mayberry pick, right before Ray Lewis. Eagles coach at that time was Ray Rhodes, who desperately wanted to draft Ray Lewis, and went to war in the war room for Lewis. Unfortunately, he lost the battle to some fresh blood head of scouting just brought in from the Chargers. Rhodes was so mad he stormed out of the war room. After calming down, the Eagles front office called Rhodes back into the room, and told him he could pick any player he wanted in round 2, Rhodes went with Brian Dawkins. Imagine if the Eagles had just followed Rhodes and drafted Ray Lewis and Brian Dawkins with their first 2 picks in 1996.
Imagine.
❤great story. This is why you have to draft with and for your head coach. Not just despite him.
A few superbowls would be the result
I will be completely honest and say I would be an Eagles fan instead of the Ravens if that happened; ironic because I live just outside Philly right now…
2 super bowls I mean if the ravens did that with reed and ray then honestly would probably be the same
Feel so bad for David carr, I truly believe no QB could have succeeded with that oline.
He really only had one good receiver and that was a young Andre Johnson. Never had a good run game to back him up. It sucks because he and his brother are both talented its just about situations
I always felt bad for him, too. He gets a lot of unwarranted criticism but no QB could win with an oline that terrible.
For what he had he didn’t do that bad really he threw touchdowns
And the fact he didn’t get injured that much dispute getting sacked so much
I feel like Justin fields could be in a similar situation.
I knew the Raiders mismanaged the first round during Al Davis’s last years. But I didn’t realize they passed over that many HOFers in a row, that’s just painful.
The one that hurts the most is Jamarcus Russell, even at the scouting, he was seen as lazy and unmotivated. Yet Davis fell in love with his cannon arm and picked him anyways. I recall Warren Sapp would did play for the Raiders saying to pick Calvin Johnson in a pre-draft interview.
@@TheHomercles I read a story where they asked Russell where he thought he needed to improve and he got offended by the question. That’s all the Raiders shoulda needed to know.
I’m good
the raiders wouldn't have been able to draft calvin johnson if they drafted reed fitzgerald and rodgers
@@antoineporche-rideaux4841 Fitzgerald is the only one I would put in that category as a "Raider miss" out of the players you pointed out there. Because there were 15-20 teams that also passed on Reed and Rodgers. And Gallery showed potential out of everything seen so far, he came into shape and ready to work, too bad it didnt translate in the NFL. But unlike Gallery, Russell went into the combine and workouts, lazy and unmotivated. And the Raiders drafted him anyways.
The fact that the 2007 draft had so many franchise changing stars that would be considered the best at their position (Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, Adrian Peterson, Marshawn Lynch, Patrick Willis, Darrelle Revis, Joe Staley, Eric Weddle, Marshall Yanda) plus other great talent (LaRon Landry, Lawrence Timmons, Reggie Nelson, Jon Beason, Greg Olsen, LaMarr Woodley, Ryan Khalil, Dashon Goldson and the list goes on) it’s gotta be a tough pill to swallow for the Raiders taking Jamarcus Russell #1 overall
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@@semicharmedlife311 War eagle Auburn but I respect the legend of Miami
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My eagles found a way to end up on this 3x though too
At least we got Calvin, if only we'd pay him and end the curse
As someone who has spent their entire life living in Wisconsin, the Tony Mandarich pick physically causes me pain every time it's mentioned. Could you imagine Favre, Sterling Sharpe and Barry Sanders sharing an offense? Or Derrick Thomas and Reggie White teaming up to terrorize opposing QBs? Heck, Deion Sanders doesn't really fit the vibe of Green Bay but I'm sure we could've figured out something for one of the greatest cornerbacks of all time to do. We draft any of those guys and we have several Lombardis by the end of the nineties, but instead we took the biggest draft bust in NFL history
I mean I see where you're coming from, but you never know how things work out if they go differently. With Barry and Majik and Sharpe, the Packers are probably good enough that they maybe don't have coaching and front office changes that result in Holmgren and Wolf, and we might not get Favre or a super bowl either.
On the other hand the Mandarich bust led to front office change that would turn the Packers around. So chances are had they drafted Sanders, they likely would not have turn out much better than the Lions.
As a Bears fan, I’m glad your team is bad at drafting most of the time
@@mateocabral1660 as a packer fan, I'm sad that statement isn't false 😅😥
Maybe if they have Thomas they don't go after Reggie white you never know...
something to consider is that Jerry Rice wasn't a highly touted recruit out of college and honestly might not have gone immediately before or after his actual draft position (i recall this being the narrative of his draft situation, he was seen playing on tv while walsh was at a hotel somewhere?) and then next consider the situation with Aaron Rodgers draft slide where it's not always the next pick for your position, the team might have it's needs met and you wouldn't consider drafting a QB if you have your starters sorted. still love this type of content cause it starts a conversation ! keep doing it !
The same place you heard that story, you must have heard how the Bengals and SF both wanted the same guy before Rice, the Bengals took him and SF was "left" with Jerry. Walsh felt Phil Simms was the better QB in the draft than Joe Montana, but knew SF wouldn't have a high enough draft choice to select him and had to settle for the ND backup with a third round selection.
Plus there are situations with the team that can be a factor as well, sometimes it's more of a case that some players may have dodged a bullet. I feel had the Jets drafted Marino, they would have ruined him.
@@iamhungey12345 - But imagine if the Steelers had drafted the local boy from Pitt.
@@paulgaither Big time!
Bill walsh was in Houston playing on the road... since tv was much more regional back in the 80s that’s how he first heard about Jerry... but his first choice was Eddie Brown WR from Miami hurricanes
Lewis & Reed. An ultimate duo on defense for a decade 🔥🔥
Followed if not equalled by Polamalu and Harrison
@@ImThe5thKing Definitely not.
@@ImThe5thKing lmao please never speak football again
@@ThePhoenix1 Tell that to everyone that says they were the leaders of one of the greatest defenses ever
Shame what happened to Junior Seau. He was a great player.
All them hits went to his head
He took his shot and KILLED it.
@@wavyykbiiitrey5218 so did the bullet
And the NFL is still trying to cover up how much they knew of CTE in the early 2000s.
Huh? he killed himself. Why be sorry?
In the penultimate game of the 2006 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the hapless Cleveland Browns in a game that had zero playoff implications. This victory moved them from the 2nd draft pick to the 4th. The players that went #2 and #3 directly in front of them were Joe Thomas and Calvin Johnson.
R.I.P. Gaines Adams.
Shoulda woulda couldas are always interesting. However saying a team should've drafted that HOF player where they drafted a bum, you just never know how that player would've panned out on that team. Other players, scheme, coaching, etc goes a long way to a player being successful, especially at a HOF level. A high percentage of HOF players played on SB teams, usually surrounded by other top players, maybe even other HOF players and of course had good coaches. Some players just fall into the best situation for them.
Yeah except a lot of these guys are offensive lineman. They are typically either good or they aren't. Regardless of the team they are on. I say that as a Browns' fan and watching Joe Thomas be elite his entire career despite the team being terrible. Unless you are saying the browns were the best situation for him lol
What about a Mr Irrelevant history video
Rip to Seau and Cortez, two elite players, also never forget the fact the Birds selected Jalen Reagor over JJettas, as well as JJAW over DK
Man I get pissed everytime I get reminded that my team drafted bust wrs back to back over two of the most dominant wrs right now 🤦♂️
Keith McCants (drafted between Kennedy and Seau) also sadly died young. Just last year (age 53) R.I.P.
Bro I can’t even say my anger over that man. I hate being reminded of it. Throughout that whole draft week I was so angry over the picks
Ki Jana Carter would of been a monster if it wasn't for injuries.. So unlucky I was too young at the time but I've watched some college highlights and what not and he reminded me a lot of Maurice claret from ohio state came out the gate straight savage but didn't amount to anything in the NFL! Maurice a little different story but no one ever came out and dominate the way he did
I have to give Tony Mandarich his props. He could have been a memory of a horrible draft pick after his disappointing time in Green Bay. But he came back and showed some heart and talent blocking for Peyton Manning in Indianapolis.
Dallas definitely would’ve taken Jerry Rice and openly planned to do so as well. Ironically in a round about long haul way this worked out for Dallas. Had they taken Rice he’d likely have changed their win loss record enough they’d be unable to pick Troy Aikman a few years later with the first overall pick. A similar thing happened in basketball explained by Magic Johnson. LA and Chicago had a coin flip for the first overall pick which the lakers clearly won. Magic said over the years Chicago fans occasionally come up to him and say wow we almost had you in a bulls uniform to which Magic explained if you’d gotten me you would not have had Michael Jordan a few years later. Obviously Magic is saying he would’ve changed the bulls draft order because he would’ve produced more wins therefore not in position to pick Jordan.
Not necessarily. Dallas drafted Mike Sherrard out of UCLA in 1986 and he was showing real promise when he shattered his leg in training camp in 87. Then they picked Michael Irvin in 88 and THAT'S truly where the real difference would have been as there is no way that Dallas picks a WR in 1988 when they so desperately needed a quality QB as well. The real problem in 86, 87 and 88 with Dallas wasn't a lack of quality receivers it's that Danny White had a near career ending wrist injury half way through the 86 season and could never throw the same way again after. He hung on as the starter for most of 87 but he was never the same and Steve Pelluer was a disaster as starting QB in 88. Even Jerry Rice couldn't have mended Danny's busted wrist or turn Pelluer into a quality starting QB. In retrospect the biggest disaster for Dallas in poor drafting in the mid to late 80s was the failure to secure a decent QB to replace the aging Danny White. To be fair on that score there really weren't a lot of great QBs that came out of college in the late 80s before Aikman was picked. A couple of them like Jim Everett did start for their team for a few season but none of them was on the Level of Aikman and thank the good lord they avoided Testaverde in that batch of ho hum players.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Jerry Rice was so good that if need be he’d throw the ball to himself, call plays , play running back and linebacker. So he’d definitely have changed their draft order. Of course he wouldn’t have turned Steve Pueller the Polack in to a quality QB, no one could. Hey wait a minute here, a real female football fan showed up in the KZhead comments section, uh i have heard y’all exist it’s just been awhile since I’ve seen one. Uh how youuuu doing? 😉
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Who’s your favorite nfl team?
@@averydaymond1560 when I was still watching the NFL Dallas was my favorite team, Miami was my second favorite when I was young because my grandfather liked them but when I grew up and moved to Atlanta I pulled for the Falcons. I stopped watching all pro Sports about 20 years ago and now I primarily watch college football and college basketball. I'm a huge UNC and UGA fan so this last year was one of the best sports years I've ever experienced in my life (outside of the years that UNC won a title or Dallas won the Super Bowl). I stopped watching pro sports because I was sick of the greed and I was sick of the thuggery and I was sick of Jerry Jones. I stopped watching the NBA first when they locked out the players and Jordan decided to finally retire for the last time. Then at some point in the early 2000s I just stopped caring about the NFL. Ray Lewis was involved in a murder trial, and there was all that domestic abuse stuff coming out and Jerry was getting worse and worse and the players were getting worse and worse and I said F all of that. Last pro sport I still seriously followed was MLB because I used to get field level tickets for free from the company I worked for. But then Bobby Cox was involved in domestic abuse and the players liked retired or got traded and I stopped working for the company that got me free tickets and I stopped caring about that too. I'm not saying Rice wouldn't have changed their draft but there was way too much wrong with Dallas for a WR to fix by himself. As I said Irvin was there in 88 and 89 and they were still wretchedly bad. Herschel Walker was there from 85 to half way through 89 and he was a serious all pro. I think one of those years he led the team in rushing, receiving, return yardage and all purpose yardage and it wasn't enough. Lack of a healthy quality QB KILLED the team from the second half of 86 until 91. And really Aikman and Irvin didn't start paying dividends until Norv Turner came in as offensive coordinator and they had a couple of years together. I recently was looking over a lot of the games from the last part of the Landry era and most of the were really close. I mean yeah there were outliers like the Bears loss in 85 but even in the 3 and 13 year they lost most of their games by less than 10 points. 10 FREAKING POINTS and in some cases by less than a touchdown. And Steve god bless him, that boy must have been color blind like Testaverde given the number of INTs he threw. Danny was never able to throw deep or with accuracy after he broke his wrist in 86. At that point in the season they were 6 and 2. One of those losses was to Atlanta in the final seconds. I remember watching that game and they literally just needed about 10 more seconds on the clock to be able to kick a field goal for the win. Even with Steve under center they could have gotten an 8 and 8 season that year if they hadn't dropped that one. NY won the SB that year and the game Danny was lost for the season they only lost by like a FG. When I look at all the shit that Dallas fans have gone through since Jimmy left I just have to shake my head at how quickly everybody was ready to write Coach Landry off... People can be pissed at Jones all they want but I remember how people were acting before he came in and fired Landry the way he did. Coach Landry went from somebody the team had to replace to somebody that was a living legend being treated disgracefully in the blink of an eye. Fans are so fickle!!!
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 I do concur with all of what you said. I was a huge cowboys fan growing up and always looked at Coach Landry as a man of quiet dignity and respected him a lot. Then along came Jerry Jones getting rid of him. My uncle was friends with Jerry Jones (I’m born and raised in Little Rock & north Little Rock) so I was willing to give Jones a chance because my uncle insisted he was an amazing guy. Obviously things were going well in the early to mid nineties but retrospectively that looks like Jimmy Johnson’s doing. So Jones does away with the 2 greatest cowboys coaches of all time in a little over half a decade. At that point I was done with the cowboys exclusively because of Jones. Then the misconduct of many players wasn’t met with proper discipline so not only did I stop being a fan I rooted against them. So many athletes in the modern era do disappoint and it’s difficult to cheer for them, really impossible. Yes the Ray Lewis incident was so disgusting, I think he’s guilty of the double murder in fact I’m 💯% positive. I joked years ago that you’d just about have to be a fan of golf or tennis fan to root for a noble upstanding person then right after that the Tiger Woods soap opera happened. At times I do think we as fans just weren’t in the know of misconduct during a more golden age of sports and made the experience of being a fan more enjoyable.
Hindsight is always 20/20 and while there are head scratching picks every year, people should put these drafts into context to understand why some of the players got drafted where they did. If you need a cornerback instead of a wide receiver, you end up drafting a Ricky Dixon and not Tim Brown. As a Seahawks fan I remember two unknown guys getting drafted in the fifth round named Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor, another in the sixth named Byron Maxwell. They ended up being a part of the Legion of Boom. Pre-draft scouting isn't an exact science by any means. Scheme, coaching, spot on the depth chart, and opportunity will make or break a player as well.
I hate these kinds of lists because half the time teams don't even need the player in question. If a team doesn't need a WR why would they take one over the RB they needed and did take? They also never bring up the fact that these players often excel because they're in the right situation... I always say, do people really think Aaron Rodgers would have been the player he is had he been picked up by the teams before the Packers where he may have had to start right away? I don't. There's no telling what he could have turned into, but in the right situation he was able to grow tremendously. Maybe with the Patriots he wins multiple SB's. Maybe with the Lions he busts entirely and is out of the league in 5 years. Who knows?
Fr. I'm surprised they didn't say "Can you believe the Colts passed up on Tom Brady 6 times"
Yeah, i agree. I think if you're going to do a list like this you compare position to position and not pick to pick. What WR was taken before Jerry Rice, what LB was taken before Junior Seau. As you say, if you need a offensive linemen why would you take say a WR or LB.
Nah, most of these are unforgivable. Ego picks like most of these could have easily been different.
Packers and Bucks fans like myself will never forgive missing out on Sanders in 89 and trading Nowitzki in 98
Mark Cuban forced Donnie Nelson (the Mavs GM at the time) to not draft Giannis to the Mavs, so I think that makes us even between the Mavs and Bucks
deion or barry?
@@walkdownjr4995 I guess both of them lol
@@IcyInferno11 It truly does. That story makes the Giannis pick even better
True but you have Rodgers and Giannis, so that makes up for it
As an eagles fan who wanted Justin Jefferson before the draft and waited what felt like hours watching him fall to our pick. I am beyond hurt
As a Vikings fan, I don't regret not getting Sapp. The Vikings had John Randle and Henry Thomas, both pretty good in their own right and in their prime AND Sapp was coming in with some baggage (albeit minor) Now Derrick Brooks is another story. I watched and played against him in high school (I was no where near as talented, lol) He went to my favorite college team (FSU), so I was praying the Vikings would grab him, but alas the Vikings drafts have always been a debacle.
Henry Thomas was 34, did you think he was going to play forever? John Randle was all we had on defense going forward.
@Fries they hold the record for most playoff losses.
@Fries they went and lost 4 back to back super bowls at the start of the Super Bowl era. I think it was either the cowboys, broncos, or chiefs who killed em
@@steffanyschwartz7801 i mean they lost 4 superbowls but they werent back to back that was buffalo in the 90s that lost 4 straight
@@UnholyWrath3277 well they are back for vengeance.
It will be interesting to see who we are talking about from this year's draft as the superstars and the busts taken before them.
Thanks for this video... I enjoyed it 👍🏾
Could you imagine the Eagles would've had Brian Dawkins, Ray Lewis and Troy Palamalu defense!?🤯🤯😶 Scary!!💯
Nbs💯
I'm a Steeler fan from Chicago and I remember Big Ben going 13-0 in his rookie season. I knew we had a stud, plus I played with him in NCAA 2003 for some reason, the kid was great. I call him kid because I was 27 when he started his first game in the league
Charles Rogers will always be one of the greatest what ifs. Guy had it all
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Could you imagine the lions with Randy Moss and Barry Sanders in the late 90s early 2000 Barry Sanders would have never left
The 2017 draft is hilarious for more reasons than just what was mentioned. The Bears took Trubisky instead of Mahomes. Also Cinci took Ross before Mahomes while Juju Smith-Schuster, Cooper Kupp, Chris Godwin, and Kenny Golladay are all Pro Bowl WRs taken after him. Njoku was taken by CLE and Kittle fell to the 5th round
I’ve had a white Tim Brown jersey since I was in high school but never learned how much of a monster he was until a few years ago
So you just wear jerseys of guys you know nothing about? Smh 🏴☠️🏴☠️
So many of those picks were out of context because many teams drafted by need not by position
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The rams drafting kennison over Harrison is the reason Les Snead and Sean McVay don’t want first round picks lol
It'd be a lot more interesting to see this list done by position group...needs were different for each team at the time
THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST RECAPS IN COMMENTARY HISTORY....GREAT JOB...
great job
The Vikings drafting Moss was first time in my life that the Vikings became a truly worthy team....only for it to come all crashing down in the 4th quarter of the NFC Championship game. Being a Vikings fan is defined by just getting a momentary glimpse of the peak only for it to come all crashing down.
Same with Minneapolis miracle. Amazing game against the saints a near comeback, and then falling in the NFC championship game really hard
@@dbabu51 Being blown out is better than a game being winnable and them failing at a pivotal moment. Which is why the Falcons/Saints losses hurt more than the Giants/Eagles losses. For me anyway.
I've been dealing with Long Suffering Minnesota Misery Syndrome since 1969. Four SB losses, the 15-1 team losing on a missed FG, the missed FG in Seattle. All of it. So many good players and good teams, so many bad losses. Every year....every FRICKING year...forever... "there's always next year." But...I can't leave them. I just can't. Because....there's always next year. LOL
@@jaydubya3698 I was born in '82 after the heyday of the Purple People Eaters and the 4 Super Bowls so I haven't had that pain in my life. But I always say that all you need are the right combos of talent, circumstances and luck to all come together at the right time and anything is possible. At least that what helps me sleep at night.
Like the roof of that stadium y'all have or had
I want another video of this but this time after
the flow of this video was awesome
OMG...I was cracking up at the section starting at 18:20 and ending with "OUCH!!!!" Raider Nation just going, "WHHHHYYYYYYY?" LOL LOL
First round draft picks exist? Asking as a Rams fan
You can't hear any answers with that Lombardi on ya shoulder
Nah imagine getting sacked 76 times tho that crazy
Love the transitions in players without the use of a countdown kudos
Excellent!💜
TJ watt was the third linebacker in his draft haason Riddick Jarrod Davis then TJ. I love when scouts are dead wrong, they said he was a less talented weaker version of his brother. Turns out he's faster, more aggressive and his moves on the edge are some of the most efficient the league has seen so far.
Riddick is definitely nice and Davis was good for a short time, but watt is farrrrrrrrr better than both of them
Those scouts were dumb jj was more of a speed rusher then a power rusher anyways both bros are amazing but there both speed rushers not power rushers then can win power moves and there not weak there just more knowen for there speed around the edge
Watt is an outside LB in a 3-4. If he played in a standard 4-3, he'd be a defensive end, and thus that may be the better position group to compare him to.
Yeah, then we got the Taco who was picked ahead of him as a back-up, lol. I don't have to be Nostradamus to say TJ will blow the single season sack record sky high this year, maybe by 10 sacks. He tied it last year in 14 games. And yet the media LOVES.... Miles Garret. Sorry, I don't get this. Why do they adore Miles so much?? Do they think the JJ injury bug is gonna hit TJ? I want to get paid football talking head salary to be so stupidly wrong. What's your take on why?
@@algini12 the talking heads love to pat themselves on the back, Garrett was a #1 overall that they all fawned over so they love things that validate their own opinion. Just like last year when mahomes started his season off they crucified him because none of them wanted him to succeed in the first place. Tj is gonna get 24 sacks this season is my call, new defensive pieces and tuitt and alualu back mean they can't double team him every play.
I dunno, it's a bit unfair to judge some of these "other guys". Dan Wilkinson had a productive career and let's be honest, if Faulk went to Cincy he could've flamed out or be a Corey Dillon type whose best years are mired in mediocrity. As for Mark Bruenner, he was a very productive guy who fit like a glove for the Steelers. At that time the Steelers had a very good defense so it wouldn't have made sense to draft Brooks. You really got to put an asterisk when it comes to Moss. The reason why he slid so far down the draft had to do with character issues IIRC. LOL at the Bengals whiffing on future HOFers though, I've seen enough games from Akili Smith to know he wasn't even fit to play semi-pro football much less the NFL! LOL @ this channel doing Carr dirty AGAIN! One of the things this listing shows, is that even a blind squirrel will find a nut. Matt Millen's tenure at Detroit was HORRIBLE but at least they drafted Calvin Johnson. Ah yes, JaMarcus Russell...The guy so lazy he didn't even study the playbook. Great video!
He was like Sam Adam's basically or Ted Washington if yall remember him as a defensive tackle
@Fries The prevailing wisdom was that Moss would've gone @ 8 by the Cowboys.
Seeing this video hurts a bit because I'm a Bengals fan and this just show dark and genuinely pathetic we were during the Dark Decade and a half that was the 90s, but its a bit brighter that it seems the Bengals are much better, getting Grand Slams on Burrow and Chase and coming off a SB loss...
Yeah, it’s really tough to call David Carr a bust because I don’t think even Patrick Mahomes or Michael Vick would have been able to survive behind that offensive line. Of all the football I’ve ever watched, I think that era of Houston Texans offensive line play was the most brutal I’ve ever seen.
Even as a kid watching his highlights I knew he would be a big star. I can only imagine that the 2003 Panthers would've won the Super Bowl with an absolutely stacked WR roster of Randy Moss, Mushin Muhammad, and Steve Smith and it would've at least made the 1998 Panthers draft something other than the master class of trash that it ended up being.
Great video!
The 1983 Draft was one of the best ever. My Cowboys had the 26th pick. Took DE Jim Jeffcoat. At 27 Miami took Dan Marino. At 28 Washington took Darrell Green. Still haunts me to this day.
Awesome
Dallas could’ve drafted TJ Watt but instead took Taco Charlton. Watt in 1 season has more sacks than Charlton has his career 🤦🏻
Everyone knew taco would be a bust in the NFL. He wasn’t good in college except 1 game and in HS he didn’t even start until very late and got dominated when he did play.
They just wanted a Taco
Cowboys have been better at drafting than the Steelers in the post 2010 era
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I'll admit Barry got me with that move at 2:49. He was soo shifty. I didnt even play and he still got me.
But what about 2 back to back draft picks that gave us 2 great nfl players?
Does anyone remember George Rodgers? As a Giants fan, I'm so glad they were content with the #2 pick. For the Bears and Raiders fans, Singletary and Long were also in that draft. :-D
George Rogers over Lawrence Taylor. That might have been the worst in history.
As a Saints fan, I haven't forgotten.
But atleast George Rogers was a great RB. He made 3 pro bowls and was even first team all pro as a rookie leading the league in rushing yards. Obviously he can’t be compared to LT but it wasn’t a bad pick by any means.
I have to say this... just because the pick before was worse compared to the superstar, doesn't make the previous draft bad. I understand it looks really bad when the draft before were both the same position like both RB followed by the superstar RB. But some teams draft for the positions they are missing and to draft an OL guy that played 12 seasons for them is good while the superstar behind is a CB... that first team draft before team may had been stacked with what they felt were good players and some with great player already.
Sometimes I feel as if I’m the only one who remembers that the pick the Niner’s used to get Rice in ‘85 was a pick they got from NE. I remember it while it was happening and I always felt, even from the beginning, that the Pat’s traded away Rice. In the plus side, NE got Trevor Matich out of BYU. So there’s that. He got hurt in his first game and couldn’t play the rest of the season but, hey.
The Eagles have missed a bunch and obviously Ray Lewis is generational but Jermaine Mayberry was a key piece on one of the best OLs in football during that Eagles run. Besides at that time they had Trotter in the middle. The bigger miss was missing on Sapp by picking Mike Mamula.
Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp, Ray Lewis, Edgerrin James, Ed Reed, Andre Johnson. It's like a roll call for Miami Hurricanes legends. THE U!
Doug Flutie is a Miami legend too! (I just watched those highlights so I’m pumped up and sassy.)
@@brendancollins6233 You wrong for that one. 🤣🤣🤣
That video didn't even include Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Sean Taylor, Reggie Wayne, Santana Moss, Jeremy Shocky, Bryant McKinnie, Clinton Portis, Kellen Winslow, Vince Wilfork and I could keep going but I am going to stop.... I sometimes forget what a power house Miami was at one point.
With the Raiders (I know you started in the year 1985) but in 1983 they passed on Dan Marino. They selected Don Mosebar. This one still irks the poop out of me. Since the 80’s they have had a history of passing on HOF quality players..
Gets chills every time I seen Ben's pass to Holmes to win the sb
I've thought about Hopkins as a Packers fan. We still had Nelson, Cobb, Jones, and Finley on the roster. We did lose Jennings and Driver, so Receiver would have made sense. However, this was after the disastrous Divisional Game at Candlestick were Kaepernick ran all of us, so we had to go Defense yet again. If we take Hopkins, we probably don't draft Adams in the 2nd the following year.
Yeah but Hopkins played with bum qb through his career and looked amazing imagine with rogers
Can you make a video of the best player at a draft pick and the worst this would only mean round 1 (Example) Best 1st pick: Peyton Manning Worst 1 pick:JaMarcus Russel
I hate when people say the "worst" player, there are many others that didn't even start cause they were so bad. Now he was the biggest "bust" but he wasn't the worst.
Like people say Eli Apple is the worst corner in the NFL, but according to Madden, there's a player named "Chris Lammons" whos a 59 overall! I'm pretty sure he would do a LOT worse if he had played in the Superbowl against the Rams. Now with that being said, Eli Apple is still bad lol
@@drakedaniels7880 I meant round 1
@@TheblackNigma Okay, my bad bro now ik u was just making an example but i think brady Quinn was the worst player in the 2007 NFL Draft (Round 1), maybe even Justin Harrell or Jarvis Moss
@@drakedaniels7880 agreed
The era of BIG SHOULDER PADS. Might be an interesting to do a short on the evolution of Football Uniform/Equipment
5:44 Ki-Jana Carter is easily the biggest what if in bengals history if they sat him that preseason game then he may have never been injured and we would have seen the oh so dominant running back that was Ki-Jana Carter, back then ACL tears were career ending type of injuries and he never looked the same after.
I say this as an Eagles fan who knows this fact…but still boggles at it every time….Polamalu and Dawk in the back end would have been straight insane!
It would have been but what messed that up was that they drafted Michael Lewis in the 2nd round the year before. He made a probowl in Philly. The best alternate history for this would be to draft Carlos Dunlap at DE instead of Lewis, then draft Troy P instead of McDougle - Maybe they beat NE in 2004 with that defense
Eagles could have had a defense with Ray Lewis, Dawkins and Troy. Still irks me to this day.
Tua before Herbert will definitely be added to this. Thank you Dolphins!
All the draft gurus choose Tua over Herbert cause they could not see it in Oregons offense. Dane Brugler (The Best Draft analyst) even liked his traits but questioned his ability to lead a team till he saw him at the Senior Bowl.
PHINS UP!! 💪
Could you imagine in the 1996 draft if the rams didn't screw up big time by taking wr Eddie kennison, and Harrison was still on the board and went next after there bust pick, what the greatest show on turf would have been? Even greater!!! That's cazy, didn't know that....this is a great interesting video!
I remember Sapp and Moss getting drafted later than they should have..They both had issues in college which made em both drop if they woulda stayed outta trouble they both woulda been top 5..should have anyways after the fact..they were both elite in college Moss didn't play a lot but was an absolute beast in the MAC..I remember wanting my Bears to get either one
Raiders drafted JaMarcus Russell and then the Lions got the most athletic and gifted WR of all time
Derrell Revis in the same draft
Don't pat the Lions on the back. They, arguably, whiffed 4 times before landing Megatron. Charles Rodgers, Mike Williams and Roy Williams, the only one worth anything was Roy. They were bound to hit at some point.
As a Saints fan, I still haven't come to terms with the fact that we had the pick before Lawrence Taylor was taken in 1981.
And you had the rookie of the year and NFL's leading rusher in George Rodgers. He didn't have the moter and competitive fire of Taylor though.
@@ckobo84 Yes, we had George Rogers, and landed Rickey Jackson later that draft. But. We. Passed. On. Lawrence. Taylor.
Can you do a video on the longest stretches of consecutive really good (e.g., Hof, or all pro, or multiple pro bowl) selections? Like for example, if in one draft, 4 teams picked back to back to back to back and all 4 got amazing players
Interesting idea. I know the Dallas Cowboys 1975 draft, known as the Dirty Dozen, would be featured.
I had to Google this one... Matt Bowen. 198th overall in 2000.
A safety?
@@chuco915C Seriously. I can't believe this video omitted the player drafted immediately before Tom Brady. Matt Bowen literally goes down in NFL history as the Sam Bowie of the NFL.
Awesome the NFL is the best
Thank you so much for hearting my comment I’m a huge fan of the NFL
I like this narrator in "Arrested Development", think he made the space movie Apollo 13 too. Cool he is doing NFL stuff :D
The Brian Dawkins. pick 61 in 96. dont forget it when you do round 2.
Here's a question: Would any bust be a HoF if they were only selected by the right team?
Don't know about the hall of fame but David Carr was actually a really good quarterback but he got drafted to an expansion team and after two years of getting sacked more than any QB ever he was broken. He had real talent...
Yeah probably a few. Where a player falls is incredibly important to the trajectory of their career
I would think a 10 year reliable starter career would be probable. Hall of fame? Unlikely
Brett Favre was a bust for the Falcons.
Imagine if the Browns had drafted T.J. Watt would have the two best pass rushers in the league.
um... Micah Parsons plays for the Dallas Cowboys...
@@mojoschmee9320 Two best pass rushers
@@idrip2153 Well okay. I mean, I think Parsons is a generational talent as well, but I don't know if I'd count his as the Top Two pass rushers, though.
I remember Dallas was suppose to draft t.j watt and passed on him.smh
@@polopolo8105 Thanks, now I remember that as well... but at least we got Taco?
Not even a Seahawks fan but love seeing Cortez Kennedy get some love. Guy was so underrated imo.
The Colts drafting of James was one of the biggest WTF moments in football. The Colts just traded away M. Faulk, just to take a back that was just like him. People thought it was idiotic, they never missed a beat. He finished just 70 yards behind M. Faulk in all-time rushing yards
I always wonder what could have been when my Raiders left Ben Rothlisberger and Phillip Rivers on the board to take Robert Gallery at number 2. Some would say Jarmarcus Russell was an all time NFL bust but to me, the Gallery pick was worse because it ushered in a decade of bad football.
Marshall Faulk is a top 10 rb of all time. He had the perfect mix of everything, vision, elusiveness, power, SPEED, catching, route running, pass protection. Not one weakness. The modern prototype. And a 1000-1000 season.
Bro he's top 5... straight up
@Tom Guglielmo now I think about it I could go with that... his only true negative mark was that he couldn't do anything against the Titans in one game for all the chips when it was still a run centered league
@@Uncensoredfunnyshit didn't he have like 2000 yards in a season? 20 something TD? I mean, everyone has schemes and players they don't play against. Ask LaDainian Tomlin how fun brian dawkins was... haha
@@Uncensoredfunnyshit yea 3 or 4 seasons with 2000 yards, and typically had 18-10 tds. He's definitely a GOAT imo.. but everyone has their own preferences I guess.
Revis Island Won an Super Bowl too In NE with Bill & Brady .
The burn you placed on Oakland was so hot I had to put the phone down!!
That offensive linemen at 12:23 basically tackled Carr himself
Alternate title: Im gonna make you feel bad about your teams drafting
Cinci fan?
@@michaelrains64295 nah eagles
Ravens took 2 HOF players in the 96 draft. Jonathan Ogden at pick 4 and Ray Lewis at 26
Regarding Derrick Brooks picked one slot after Mark Bruener. No doubt Derrick Brooks is a legend of the Tampa 2 and became, for me, the prototype for the modern NFL Linebacker. But that's just not what Pittsburgh did back then. Worth noting they played a 3-4D which concentrated on stopping the run. And do I mean concentrated on it. They also had Levon Kirkland and Chad Brown in their 2 ILB, who may not be hall of famers but they were fabulous players. They're also built to stop the run and blitz the QB, Brown had 13 sacks one season. Kirkland was an athletic freak who could run with the best of them even at the reported 280-300lbs he played a lot of his career at. Now Brooks probably would have found a way to excel for anybody, but unless the Steelers changed their Defense, I don't think we'd be talking about Brooks as a Hall of Famer if he'd played in that Pittsburgh 3-4. After losing Brown in free agency in 1997, maybe the Steelers have some regrets over that pick. But that would have been hindsight as well. They just didn't have a need at ILB then and Brooks wasn't likely a superstar in that system. What did they get in Bruener? An unsung hero mostly unknown outside of Pittsburgh because he didn't really appear in the stat sheet. But you can see his contribution to the Steelers in their rushing figures while he was a Steeler. Bruener was a devastating blocker for Jerome Bettis for a long time. Dude had a 14 year career. Worth a first round pick? Maybe for The Bus, probably not for anyone else. But the Steelers just did things differently back then.
If the raiders pick 4 players (Fitzgerald, Reed, Rodgers and Johnson) before they get taken maybe they could have been the raiders all time team
I like to pretend like none of this ever happened 😢🏴☠️🏴☠️
Andre Wadsworth looks so happy to jump on that injury cart and leave the game 😂
No Irving retired when My eagles drove him through the turf at the Vet... the good ol'days
In 1996, the Eagles opted for Jermaine Mayberry instead of Ray Lewis. They did, however, nabbed an undersized safety from Clemson with their second round pick in Brian Dawkins. Can you imagine Ray Lewis and Brian Dawkins on the same team for 10 years 😮?
Good lord, somebody would have a heart attack watching and cheering on Dawkins, Lewis, Peter Boulware and Rod Woodson all on the same D. Yikes!!
Geez can we get a time machine. Seriously another pick we coulda had was chad Johnson. Like imagine him and then T.O comes a bit later. Him and Mcnabb never fight then we acquire djax like bro
Thats would've been unreal
@@Phillygoat1983 even better we have Chad Johnson and t.o. comes later and they fight but instead of t.o. leaving McNabb does and we get Vick
Yes, Ray Lewis And Ed Reed!
Darrel Revis was impossible to burn back then. Had among the greatest peaks at CB in nfl history
Hey. Mark Bruener is a legend in Aberdeen (my home town)
we are good with the Ross pick in Cincinnati.it worked out. The other 26 or so misses kinda hurt.
Congratulations to the Baltimore ravens for an outstanding draft. I'm in Washington DC supporting the ravens.
...been hearing more and more Commander fans saying this...
As good as Edgerrin James, though a HOF, was never as impactful as Marshall Faulk. By the time he got to Arizona & 2 bum knees …. Paycheck was nice
This man’s voice is so iconic lol
This channel is the only thing that keeps me sane during the off season. Love ya
It's hard to draft perfectly u have no idea who's gonna be what. Malik Willis might be Mike Vick but could be Robert Griffin so who knows if you'll draft something great
"He just turned 32, does he have a vintage moment in him!?" Quarterbacks nowadays don't even peak until their early to mid 30s lol.